Erik Karlsson stood on the bench and took in the skate Thursday at the Canadian Tire Centre. Unfortunately, he has yet to lace them up himself.

The Senators’ captain has missed a week of on-ice sessions at the club’s training camp and, if there’s a schedule for the club’s best player to take a twirl after offseason foot surgery to repair a damaged tendon, nobody is hinting at when that might happen.

Coach Guy Boucher said he’s preparing as if Karlsson won’t be ready to start the season but is hopeful he’ll be able to return to skates soon.

“I just told them to tell me when he’s going to be ready for a real practice,” Boucher said Thursday. “Before that, to be honest with you, I don’t know. I don’t know when he’s planning to skate but at some point he will go on.

“I’m pretty sure it won’t be in three weeks, but when? Let’s wait and see when he’s able to skate for real. If he’s skating, just to go on and put some skates on, that’s not really the interest right now for me. Anything that’s positive for Erik would be great but at the same time I don’t want to get too ahead of myself and hope he’s back in a week.

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